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The things that we do when nobody is looking – defining relative clauses

General Grammar

With this lesson plan students learn and practise using defining relative clauses. They also watch a short animated video and talk about the things that people do when they are alone. 

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What makes you laugh? (synonyms for laugh)

General

In this lesson students study advanced synonyms for laugh, watch a video about laughter and discuss different aspects of laughter. 

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Are emojis making us dumber?

General

In this lesson about emojis students not only learn words to describe some common features of nonverbal communication, but they also watch a video and reflect on the role of emojis in digital communication.

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Could you live without your sense of smell?

General

In this lesson students practise their listening skills, revise sense verbs and learn to describe objects using sense verbs and adjectives.

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Kindness means everything (irregular past forms)

General Grammar

In this lesson based on a video about kindness, students revise irregular past forms, practise them by re-telling a story in the past and eventually tell their own stories.

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Question Time – Let’s have a panel show!

General

In this lesson, students read two short texts about a TV series, The Crown and a panel show, Question Time, learn useful language for agreeing and disagreeing, and have a panel show.

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Have yourself a merry little Christmas!

General

Thanks to this Christmas lesson plan, students discuss Christmas preparations, watch some TV commercials and write their own Christmas wishes.

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Good news or bad news, which do you want first?

Business General

This lesson plan deals with functional language for giving good and bad news in English. Students will learn useful expressions and do a role-play.

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Easier to eat than pronounce

General

The lesson plan focuses on the pronunciation of foreign food names. Students learn to pronounce such names in American and British English and have some fun.

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The limits of human memory

General

This lesson plan on memory is about the verbs: remember, recall, recollect and remind, and is based on a video about a person with a super memory.

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Just say it! Differences between say, tell, speak and talk

General

This lesson plan deals with the difference between say, tell, speak and talk. Students get exercises that help them understand uses of these verbs.

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How animals help humans

General

Practise new vocabulary. Work on your students’ listening skills and let them talk about how animals can help heal veterans and let them get back to society.

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How to ask better questions

General

Teach your students not only how to form questions in English but also what types of questioning techniques they can use to get better answers.

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Helping ex-cons find a job – advanced crime lesson plan

General

Use our crime lesson plan to teach your students some advanced vocabulary and get them involved in a meaningful discussion about ex-cons and jobs.

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Colour psychology – idioms

General Lifestyle

This lesson plan for adults only looks into the world of colours and how they are used in the movie industry. Students will also learn different colour idioms.

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Questions no one knows the answers to

General Grammar

This TED Talk lesson plan on asking questions includes exercises on both indirect and direct questions and makes students use them a lot in speaking.

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10 ways to have a better conversation

General

Teach your students new vocabulary, watch a cool TED Talk and let them discover how to have better conversations using our ESL leson plan!